An irregular shape has the following vertices on a coordinate grid. (-2.3) , (-2,-4) , (4,-4), (1,-4), (4,1). What is the area?

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PLEASE HELP ME IM SO CONFUSED :(

Answer 1

Plot the points, connect them with lines. It gives you a quadrilateral consisting of a rectangle with a triangular area on top of the rectangle.

the rectangle is 5 by 6 = 30 square units

the triangle on top has base 6 and height 2. area =6(2)/2 = 6

total area = 30 +6 = 36 square units

You really need to plot the points